November 20, 2011

Thrift Share

A plastic bag filled with lovely crochet and tatting patterns from the late 1940's - the early 1950's were sitting on a shelf at the GW Boutique (Goodwill) waiting for me. I have no earthly idea how to crochet or how to tat but I love to look at older books and magazines. It fascinates me how different today's instruction booklet are. Do people still crochet or tat edging on lingerie?

I use doilies under my laps on my end tables, and I

collect and always carry a handkerchief in my purse.

Oh, the caroline lady...

The small instruction book on tatting makes me

want to give it a try. I love how in, 1947, they

used a black and white photo but colored her

nails, the shuttle, and the title red.

It says: Nothing is daintier and more feminine

than fine handmade lace edging your lingerie.

At an estate sale I found a bag filled with eight handkerchiefs, I could see what two look like but the rest were a mystery, so of course I had to buy the bag so I could see what the other six look like. These two were my favorites the others will be great for my purse when I need to wipe a grand child's nose.

I don't love the color choice but the

pattern was sweet and looked familiar....

very similar edging to my handkerchief.

The edging on this one is just beautiful. Someone
was talented and took pride in their work.

What a great post! I love old handkerchiefs, 10yrs ago I tried to find enough (vintage ones of course) to use as wedding favors for my wedding. I was gonna have them embroidered with our monogram. I never did find enough though. Still love that idea.